80s Central Announces ‘Live Aid at 40:’ A Monumental Re-Broadcast + Exclusive New Interviews with Queen’s Brian May, Larry Magid, Howard Jones, and MTV’s Mark Goodman  

A new gathering in the Pacific Northwestern heavy metal community has been unveiled, as the inaugural edition of SOLDIERS OF STEEL FESTIVAL has been confirmed for the first weekend of August in Seattle.  

After Deadguy pulled a Lazarus, the infamous metalcore pioneers reunited on stage to prove that a few decades of dust couldn’t keep them from tearing into audiences like old times. But there’s a big difference between playing the classics for nostalgic fans and risking your legacy with a new album.  

SIX FEET UNDER will return to stages this Fall on a US headlining tour. The Midnight In Hell 2025 Tour runs from September 20th in Indianapolis, Indiana through October 25th in New Kensington, Pennsylvania and includes a special performance at this year’s edition of Aftershock. Support will be provided by Exhorder, Wretched, and Incite.  

 With 2025 well underway and the band about to go rock the European festival circuit, California metal maestros Steel Panther are announcing the last round of US dates on their Feel The Steel 15TH Anniversary World Tour.  

Plush announces new single titled “Why.” Fueled by raw emotion, soaring vocals, crushing riffs and relentless power, “Why” dives into the trenches of humanity, heartbreak, destruction and resilience. The track, co-written by David Draiman and Moriah Formica, and co-produced by David Draiman, Johnny K and Moriah Formica, releases on all streaming platforms June 20, 2025, via Pavement Entertainment.  

25 years and 10 genre-defining albums into their storied career, GRAMMY®-nominated Between the Buried and Me return their most immersive and eclectic record yet: The Blue Nowhere, out Sept. 12 via InsideOutMusic. The release also serves as the band’s debut for the label.  

Following a successful Kickstarter Campaign, raising over $95,000 to fund the release of the long-awaited Open Your Omen album, VIMIC has announced an event reuniting the band and honoring Joey Jordison.  

For multi-Platinum Atlanta rockers COLLECTIVE SOUL, seeing eye to eye, and ear to ear, is part of the secret sauce of why the band continues to both record and play together after 30-plus years. They’ve sold over 15 million albums worldwide–six of which have gone Gold or Platinum—and boast seven #1 singles, including “Shine,” “December,” and “The World I Know.”  

CROWBAR will join their comrades in Eyehategod for a US co-headlining tour this Summer! The journey, which will commence on August 8th in Tampa, Florida and close on August 30th in their home city of New Orleans, Louisiana, includes a performance on the Rocks Off Concert Cruise in New York City.  

Metal Blade Records is pleased to welcome Tasmanian death metal behemoths PSYCROPTIC to its esteemed roster for the release of their forthcoming new full-length.  

Ice Nine Kills have announced the ICE NINE KILLS: HELL OF A SUMMER TOUR, a brand new US headline run kicking off this August. Produced by Live Nation, the tour will bring the band’s twisted theatricality and cinematic carnage to arenas and amphitheaters across the country, closing out with a homecoming performance at Worcester’s DCU Center as part of the band’s annual Silver Scream Con.